NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a roundup of today’s news.

IRELAND

Pictured are (l to r) Bonnie Delaney (age 8), Levi Delaney (age 7), Kali Delaney (age 4) Noah McAdams (age 8) and Mia Delaney (age 8) getting into the Halloween spirit ahead of the parade in Bridgefoot Street Park. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• The public has been advised by the PSNI to avoid Newry City after flooding that has been described as “biblical” by a local MLA.
• Gardaí have made an arrest as part of their investigation into alleged online threats made against politicians.
• Tánaiste Micheál Martin has indicated that any change to Ukrainian refugee accommodation, which would make it time-limited, would only apply to people arriving into Ireland and will not apply to refugees already here. 
• A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stabbing a man to death against a background of excessive drinking during a Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
• Finishers of the Dublin Marathon on Sunday were awarded a medal with a typo on the back, which said famed poet William Butler Yeats was a “Noble Prize” winner, instead of a Nobel Prize winner.
• A line in an internal bank document suggests senior management was keeping information “off the official record”, former solicitor Michael Lynn’s defence counsel has told his multi-million-euro theft trial.

WORLD

Pro-Palestinian protestors take over Liverpool Street Station in London, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza Alamy Alamy

#GAZA Dozens of people have been killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza.

#LEWISTOWN Authorities were repeatedly warned about the danger Maine gunman Robert Card posed to society in the months before his deadly rampage, authorities have revealed.

#AFRICA Britain’s King Charles III has said there could be “no excuse” for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.

PARTING SHOT

The 123rd Infantry Battalion UNIFIL prior to deployment to Lebanon Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

The Tánaiste has said that an escalation of violence where Irish troops are stationed in South Lebanon is a “great concern” but that the soldiers are well trained and ready to deal with the challenging environment.

Martin said that he has discussed the importance of limiting the chance of an escalation in the Middle East with various foreign ministers over the weekend. 

Pictured are members of the Irish Defences Forces marching from the Kilkenny Castle to the barracks after the event prior to their departure for a six-month deployment to Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

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